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besael (s.xiii)
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besael (s.xiii)

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besaiel,  besaiell,  besail,  besaile,  besaill,  besaille;  bessael   (bayseyel  Readings cxix 214,  besell  Readings 187.4 ),
(pl. besaelis  YBB Ed II x 96,  beseus  TLL ii 5)  
  FEW:  *aviolus  Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  besaieul 8,317c TL: besaiol 1,937 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  bisaïeul  TLF:  bisaïeul  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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kinshipgreat-grandfather: 
( MS: s.xiii )  abavus: besael  TLL i 148
( MS: s.xiii2 )  proavis: est de besaeus  TLL ii 4
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  le besael ou le tresael poet demaunder [...]  BRITT ii 163
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  de quel mort morust ton pere? [...] Coment ton ael? [...] Coment ton besael?  Fouke ANTS 42.6
♦kinshipancestor: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  avint qe un tiel chivaler engendra un Thebaud, besael mesme cestui Pieres [...], - de Theobaud vint Philip, de Phelipe William, de William Symon, de Symon Robert, de Robert Piers qi ci est  BRITT i 206
bref de(l) besael
lawkinshipwrit of besaiel (writ claiming land by descent from a great-grandfather): 
( 1278 )  par bref de cosinage, de l’ael e del besael  Stats i 47
( 1292 )  Un W. porta bref de besael ver B., e fit la dessent issi – de L. a W. com a fiz, de W. a W. com a fiz, de W. a W. ke ore demande com a fiz  YBB 20-21 Ed I 173
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